Martineau Electric has recently completed massive jobs for Tradeport’s largest companiesMartineau Electric has done a lot of work at the Pease International Tradeport over the years.

Ray Martineau, who founded the business in 1984, attributes the success first to his workers and his suppliers, clients and what he calls “word of mouth” that’s helped keep him busy.

The company recently announced the completion of seven largescale jobs at the Tradeport, encompassing more than 500,000 square feet of work.

“Our company has always been committed to helping clients adapt to 21st Century technology,” said Martineau in a statement. “We are honored to be a part of the Portsmouth community. These accomplishments reflect our dedication to providing the highest level of professionalism and craftsmanship to all our clients.”

The work included redundant power and back-up systems, diesel generators and HVAC controls, high efficiency lighting and alarm systems, and compressors and building automation systems.

Martineau, located on Industrial Park Drive in Dover since 1997, offers a wide range of commercial, industrial and residential electrical contracting services. The work at Pease and elsewhere includes new construction, renovations and rehabilitations, and on-going maintenance for clients.

Martineau said a specialty of the company is “design-build,” a construction industry technique in which the design and construction services are contracted by a single entity. The design phase and construction phase overlap, as opposed to the design, bid and build method.

“The design-build method, with the right work, is more efficient and usually saves the customer a lot of money,” said Martineau.

At Pease, the BayRing, NextEra Energy, FlexEnergy, High Liner Foods, and Sprague Energy jobs were design-build.

He said he was recently notified the Association of Building Contractors awarded Martineau Electric an excellence in construction award for the High Liner Foods work.

Martineau said he’s done a variety of other work at Pease besides the seven most recent projects.

He recalls jobs dating back to the early days of the Tradeport as companies were starting to take up residence at the former U.S. Air Force base. He said he wired a new building for Liberty Mutual that eventually became the National Passport Center, which he rewired, then wired the building addition for the passport center.

“It’s great to work there,” said Martineau. “The Pease Development Authority is great to work with. The process over there seems to go quite smoothly.”

He added: “The Tradeport is a unique place to work. It’s a vital place for business development and a major part of the economic engine that helps to drive the Seacoast economy. Over the years we’ve strategically positioned ourselves, and have the knowledge, experience, expertise and capacity to handle these largescale projects — start to finish.”

Martineau not only helps companies power themselves up with the latest technology, he uses technology as part his electrical contracting work. His people in the field, for instance, can carry what had been bulky paper schematics as a scalable image on an iPad.

“For the guys in the field, it saves them a tremendous amount of time,” he said.

Martineau currently employees about 35 people and uses a handful of subcontractors to keep up with the current pace of work.

“The key component to our success is our in-house staff,” said Martineau. He also cites his suppliers, whom he credits for fasttracking materials. “A lot of our work is fast track, and you need all those pieces of the puzzle to be successful,” he said.

He also appreciates the loyalty of his customers over the years.

“We’ve been very fortunate with the longevity of our customers,” said Martineau.